Wildlife

[morcroft]

Figured our Khajiit were going to need something to hunt so I've worked up an Antelope from a Deer retex with new horns:





The astute zoologists among you will hopefully recognise it as a Springbok - but I intend to just tag it as "antelope" in game because its real name somehow jars in the Elsweyr setting.

I can't see much difference between does and bucks in real life so there's just the one model.

[pero]

Nice one!
If you're interested, check out how Waalx made them.
Here are some of them that I used in WAC-ElsweyrAnequina patch:


Note that the size is weird on this pic because of perspective (I just dragged them in CS).

[morcroft]

Thanks Pero - glad you like it.

I have indeed checked out Waalx's very nice work - but I don't want to force users of Elsweyr Confederacy to have to get the rather huge WAC download just for a few antelope! Beyond that, I'm sort of trying not to base my work on other modders too closely because it feels like plagiarism even when I make stuff from scratch!

[pero]

Don't worry, it's not plagiarism. It's just for inspiration. I wasn't suggesting that you use WAC either (although I love it), I just noticed that both you and Waalx are doing excellent work!

[The Old Ye Bard]

That's looking awesome!

The wildlife that we really need at this point is the 'red cattle', mentioned in The Infernal City, and also there's the Slarjei, mentioned again in TIC, however I think we decided on using a camel for this (Slarjei being the Ta'agra name), and Mr Siika has given permission for us to use it (unless you feel like making a new mount to fill this position Morcroft).

[morcroft]

Definitely not making anything from scratch. Not a huge fan of using a camel - especially as it's fundamentally impossible to animate correctly without making a whole new set of .kf files. Seems a bit predictable, too - but I guess it's the best option. Especially if we have permission from Mr Siika.

I've been keeping an eye out for a decent cow, but everything I've seen is just too plump and European looking. We really want something along the lines of those big-horned lean African Ankole cattle.

@Pero - thanks for the vote of confidence, although I'm sure Waalx's stuff's better than mine.

[AnImpatientFan]

Looks great!

[morcroft]

Side note - Anybody come across a llama? That'd be way cooler than a camel to be the Slarjei and more appropriate for our high-altitude setting.

[Pride]

I seem to recall a llama in one of mr siika's mods. I could be mistaken though.
In any case he certainly made some nice creatures, the vulture for one could work nicely in this mod.

[morcroft]

I'm definitely adding the Vulture, and I have already included Mr Siika's bats. We were planning to use his camel, I just think a llama would be more distinctive and less classically "deserty." I hadn't noticed one in his mods but I guess not everything is on TES-Nexus.